Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user.

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On 14/01/2016 11:42 AM, Sylvia Else wrote:
> We should probably limit it to things people have actually seen.
> 
> 1. Limits that are not stated up front.
> 
> 2. If the user tries to submit a form with invalid data, clear the form, 
> and make the user fill it all in again.
> 
> 3. Have an on-line support chat page that offers the option to print-out 
> the chat so far, but when the chat ends, go immediately to another page, 
> without letting the user print out the whole thing.
> 
> (I got that just the other day, and the page I got sent too was a 
> feedback page so that I could rate the experience I'd just had).
> 
> Sylvia.
> 
> 
> 
Just extending this old thread with a new user annoyance item:

When showing a user their credit card details, so that the user can 
update an expiry date, replace some of the card digits with asterisks as 
a security measure, and then complain about them when the user tries to 
submit the change.

Sylvia.

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Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-12-02 11:23 +1100
  Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2017-12-02 01:37 +0000
    Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-12-02 13:12 +1100
    Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2017-12-02 09:39 +0000
      Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2017-12-02 18:02 +0000
        Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2017-12-02 12:44 -0800
          Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2017-12-03 09:31 +0000
        Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2017-12-03 09:43 +0000
  Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2017-12-02 15:31 +0200
  Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-12-14 12:50 +1100
    Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2017-12-14 02:06 +0000
      Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-12-21 13:52 +1100

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